News - Memories -
Culture - from 1941
(in no particular
order)
-
Germany attacks the
Balkans
and Russia.
- Japanese surprise attack on U.S. fleet at
Pearl Harbor
brings U.S. into
World War II;
U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan.
- The first U.S.
Lend-Lease
shipment of food sent to Britain
- Jeep Invented
- Manhattan Project Begins
- Mount Rushmore Completed
- Nazi Rudolf Hess Flies to Britain on a Peace Mission
- Siege of Leningrad
U.S. EVENTS
-
Roosevelt enunciates "four
freedoms" in his Jan. 6 message to Congress
- Congress passes the
Lend-Lease Act,
giving President the power to sell, lend, and lease war supplies to
other nations.
SPORTS
World Series
NY Yankees d. Brooklyn Dodgers (4-1)
Stanley Cup
Boston d. Detroit (4-0)
Wimbledon Women: Not held (World War II) Men: Not held (World War II)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Whirlaway
NCAA Basketball Championship
Wisconsin d. Washington St. (39-34)
NCAA Football Champions
Minnesota (8-0-0)